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  • Bank of England publishes first climate disclosure

    19 June 2020

    The Bank of England (BoE) has published its first climate-related financial disclosure, identifying both transition risk and physical risks on its balance sheet.

  • UK regulator proposes tightened climate-risk disclosure demands

    09 March 2020

    The UK financial services regulator has announced it is considering new climate-related disclosure requirements for most of the major firms listed in the country, despite disappointment from campaigners that its proposals were not mandatory.

  • New Bank of England governor to push to exclude fossil fuels from its bond purchases

    05 March 2020

    The incoming governor of the Bank of England has pledged to prioritise conversations with the UK government about stopping buying bonds from fossil fuel companies as part of its quantitative easing (QE) programme.

  • Carney: Financial sector moving too slowly on climate

    30 December 2019

    The global financial sector is moving too slowly to curb the negative impacts of climate change, the governor of the Bank of England has said.